Huh. So, the TV news folks et al didn’t think this a relevant tidbit of information, I guess because the Dems’ choice of music is somehow a more unambiguous reference to Tony Soprano than an actual unambiguous reference to Tony Soprano? Are they shittin’ me?

And while we’re on the subject of ethnic slurs, when is the Italian Club of Seattle going to condemn KVI’s Kirby Wilbur for saying that Dino Rossi looks like a “crime mob boss” …?

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Dino and Kirby (far right) during happier days

Actually, Dino looks nothing like a mob boss; he’s too, well, foppish. Kirby on the other hand, cuts a more, um, imposing figure—give him a scowl, a cigar and a Brooklyn accent, and he just might pass.

See, the thing about these Italian mobster stereotypes is that they’re actually based on reality, which I imagine is one of the things that made The Sopranos such a compelling show. I lived in an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, around the corner from the church where the funeral for John Gotti’s driver was held (after he was gunned down), and thanks to the local goombahs it was an incredibly safe place to live, you know… if you were white. A few blocks away it wasn’t an uncommon sight to see a parked car stripped to its bones overnight, but I once parked my mother’s convertible in front of my building for nearly a week without fear, because if you broke into the wrong car in my neighborhood, they’d hunt you down and kill you.

Are all Italian-Americans mobsters? No way. But in the mob-controlled neighborhoods of Brooklyn and South Philly with which I was familiar, most of the mobsters were definitely Italian, and they cultivated their own stereotypical look and feel in much the same way that my father and his Jewish psychiatrist friends tended to come off as Sigmund Freud impersonators.

At least you appear to know when to seek some help. However, being the cowardly shit you are, I doubt whether you, your sister, or her friend, one or all, could whip even the wimpiest lib on the planet.

i wouldn’t know that the soundtrack to the original ad that accurately depicts rossi as captive of the horrible biaw came from the sopranos. it sounds kind of rappish to me and does not make me think of italy or italians in any way. i dont get cable and watched that show maybe twice at a friend’s house. this whining from the dreadful republicans is nothing more than an attempt to generate a story. and i bet most readers, like me, think the story is about rossi being a hood ornament for a corrupt organization called biaw. he will end up like the judges that the biaw supported last time around. what were their names? who knows?

Dino is truly an unimpressive fellow. I don’t say that as a highly partisan Democrat, which I am, but as a humble observer of other humans. He is wholly unremarkable. I cannot understand–and I’m being completely honest here–why Washington Republicans are so enthralled with someone who brings so little to the table. Is Dino really the best that they’ve got? If so, let’s put Washington Republicans on the endangered species list.

Give it up. No matter how you slice it this was a poorly done sleaze ad. Yes, the Italian American Club, the TV news and Dino are full of shit, but at the end of the day the thing that matters is doing good work and the D’s didn’t do quality on this one.

PS. Why the fuck aren’t you pumping The Good Governor going after Country Wide. That’s the important story to get out there.

19 You know that absurd accusation of “September 10 thinking” the righties launched at Obama? Well, the Washington Republican leadership appears to be stuck in “pre-2000 election” thinking.

In 2000, the national party served up a worthless piece of human trash and got him into the Oval Office. The state party couldn’t muster the balls to go quite that far, so they tried a “light” version of it and came up with someone who certainly isn’t as morally and intellectually awful as Saint King Dumbfuck (after all, who else could be?) and merely offered up a rather unremarkable man–a genuine schlump–to lead the state’s government. They couldn’t get enough of the voters to buy it then, and they just don’t understand that it won’t work this time either.

In a time of Economic Downturn..when companies are laying off and taxpayers are being squeezed with cost of living issues, what kind of idiot would add 8,000+ new State Workers and implement many other cost increases???? ANSWER: Christine Gregoire (Career Bureaucrat with ZERO comprehension of economic reality).

The campaign will come down to her excessive spending, lack of control & the huge Deficit she created!

This from a huckster who most likely worships Larry (never made a right call) Kudlow and touts stocks like Wells Fargo (down $1.33 today alone) for the dividend–a rookie play that probably has his broker rolling with laughter.

But really, it’s the the WA GOP is stuck in the “pre-2004” mindset. You know, the one where a fake “moderate” can hide his right-wing policies and come close to beating a thirty-year executive branch pro in an open-seat election.

Welcome to incumbency, brothers and sisters. You love it when it gives Lazy Dave an advantage, but you’re gonna HATE what it does to poor stupid Dino.

Goldy, yes, there are some mobsters in the US. Problem is, most Americans DO think Italians and Italian-Americans all know them. Not true. My husband is Italian and I’ve lived there; most Italians know no mobsters. Ditto in the U.S.

The mob is a bunch of low-life, murdering pathetic thugs. That they happen to be Italian is incidental. The Godfather romanticized the mob so that Americans think it’s “cool”. It’s not.

(That said, my Italian mother-in-law worked for a custom shirtmaker in Brooklyn and Gotti used to come in there for his shirts. She sniffed that had to constantly check his neck size because he ate so much.)

Remember when Rossi cried like a baby saying he was robbed and the republican judge in the republican county hearing evidence from the republican plaintiff and republican lawyer hearing evidence about an election overseen by republican Secretary of State Reed found that the only illegal votes in the last election for Governor were from republicans? Remember?

Cynical Have you ever read any John Kenneth Galbraith? He actually understood something about economics and the value of wise governmental spending. Your supply-side witch doctors only know something about mystical economic masturbation, which is fine for those engaging in such, but not much good for the rest of us.

Remember when Dino Rossi ran campaign ads and literature saying he was a real estate broker? Remember when it came out he wasn’t a real estate broker? Remember when it was disclosed that he is actually a real estate agent which is legally quite different from a broker proving him out to be a liar? Remember?

Dog @ 40 Most of my liberal friends are armed to the teeth. We live out West, so guns aren’t a big deal. I’d think a cur like you would be thinking that the Court’s finally figuring out what the 2nd Amendment means, 207 years after its drafting, ain’t good given that the Court believes the amendment protects an individual’s right to own firearms. After all, dogs get shot. The Court’s reasoning was twisted and result-oriented. So it goes with Republican judges. The comma-ridden 2nd Amendment is a grammatical piece of shit. On the other hand, the decision should deflate NRA fundraising efforts. You didn’t gain nothing today, dog.

Um… Lee supported the court in this piece and if there’s a post on here that that disagreed with the ruling I must have missed it.

Actually, today marks the end of McCain having the slightest chance of wining the presidency as now gun owners have nothing to fear from Democrats and Obama. Not that they ever had anything to fear from Democrats and Obama.

Um… My family’s full of veterans who vote the big D. Next time try posting that shit on a blog where one of the readers doesn’t have family buried with military honors and a display case full of dog tags, purple hearts, bronze stars and a .45 that got carried all over the Pacific.

Or, maybe you’d like to repeat that line to a long shore man down in the port of Tacoma…

michael @ 50 You hit it on the nose. While all the NRA’ers are celebrating tonight, they actually just lost their biggest rallying point. And, laws will hardly change. The Supremes held, Scalia the Scamp writing for the majority, that reasonable restrictions on firearm ownership are constitutionally permissible. The whining from rightwingers is neverending, but after today’s ruling, their whining about guns, which we know will continue, will look ever more foolish to the average American. Attaboy, Antonin.

Rog– All I own now is a couple thousand shares of Wells Fargo I bought a week or so @ $24.80 as a dividend play. This is the lowest % of my assets in stocks ever…and has been low since I sold out a whole lot when the Dow exceeded 14,000. Just those short-term plays that I got out of. Even my SEP-IRA is all in bonds, cash & CD’s.

I’m looking for buying opportunities in some of the energy stocks GBS brought up.

Mrs. C is helping keep the economy moving as we are just about finished remodeling our ranch. We helped our kids buy homes. Still have waay more than I will ever spend. I believe in a simple lifestyle. Not many costly toys or cars…or depreciable assets. Ain’t America great!! If someone asked me if I’m better off today than 8 years ago, the answer is:HELL YA!!!!

George Will wrote a recent article accusing Democrats of EXCUSING THE CRIMINAL ACTS OF OTHERS by claiming that the perp in question was impelled to his/her act by a larger, uncaring society. You know, like the 14 year-old child of a single, ghetto crack-mom who ends up in a gang. What could be more la-te-dah soft-headed liberal than thinking that societiy’ refusal to help the 14 year old may have impelled him/her to join a gang.

Yep. That’s liberals. Always excusing lawbreakers like the 14 year-old and failing to see that the REAL victims are Republicans!

Especially right wing Jesus-Nuts who get no respect from liberals and the liberals even go to war against their Holiest of Holidays, X-mas! And the MSM! Short shrift for Republican victims.

57. ByeByeGOP spews: “Hopefully some idiot who gets a gun under the new Supreme Court ruling will find his way back to Washington and into some republican neighborhood and let history/fate take its course.”

You are one sick bastard……… Exactly why the Left will eventually find their way back to the sidelines. How about being positive? Wishing stuff like this ByeBye is baaaaaad karma. Let us know when you reap what you sew.

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